Friday, August 31, 2018

Beacon of Creation Episode 37 Notes

Challenges for Monday, September 3rd.

Cardcrafting Challenge:
  • Design a card with one line of rules text that references a new keyword ability called Squiffy and then define what that means with reminder text.
  • Credit to Goblin Lore Podcast (@GoblinLorePod) for suggestion
Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge:
Not all house plants are benign. Especially in Castmire.
  • Design a Plant creature named Oleander
  • Credit to Eric Williamson on Twitter (@Four2113)

New Challeneges for Monday, September 10th.

Cardcrafting Challenge:
  •  Cardcrafting Challenge
    • French vanilla creature with a combination of two evergreen/deciduous keywords we haven’t seen before in Magic, and they must not be a non-bo
    • Flying, reach
    • First strike, double strike
    • @luminumcan Alex Spalding

    Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge

    Black uncommon or uncommons that do one or more of the following things:
-x/-x to all creatures
create tokens
destroy creature
discard
drain creature
drain player
exile creature
flying creature
lifelink creature
lord
opp sacrifices a creature
return creature from graveyard
tutor

Friday, August 24, 2018

Beacon of Creation Episode 36 Notes

Hey there Beaconeers!

Here is the challenge due on Monday the 27th:

Cardcrafting challenge:

Make a Dark Age card from one the mechanics we talked about in episode 35
  • Lore (remove from deck)
  • Berserk (this creature deals to creatures and receives damage in the form of +1/-1 counters)
  • Eldritch (batch; instant, colorless, lore)
  • Thaw (shuffle a card from your card pool into your library)
  • Vanishing
  • Time counters
  • Or a make a new one!




Remember that the card must have the name and artwork from an Ice Age or The Dark card (although they don't need to be from the same card.)

Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge:
Big red chaosey sorcery (with Castmire flavor.)

New challenges for Monday, September 3rd.

Cardcrafting Challenge:
  • Design a card with one line of rules text that references a new keyword ability called Squiffy and then define what that means with reminder text.
  • Credit to Goblin Lore Podcast (@GoblinLorePod) for suggestion
Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge:
Not all house plants are benign. Especially in Castmire.
  • Design a Plant creature named Oleander
  • Credit to Eric Williamson on Twitter (@Four2113)

Keep the designs coming!  We can't get enough of them. :)

-Adam

Friday, August 17, 2018

Beacon of Creation Episode 35 Notes

Challenges due August 20

Host/Augment: An uncommon draft-around card exploring an "uncommon" theme/ not an enchantment or creature.

Castmire Worldbuilding challenge: Design a card for Castmire that is for two of the three psychographics.

Challenges due August 27

Cardcrafting Challenge: Make a Dark Age card from one the mechanics we talked about on episode 35.

Castmire Worldbuilding Challenge: Make a big red chaos-y sorcery.

Friday, August 10, 2018

Beacon of Creation Episode 34 Notes

Hey there, Beaconeers!


Challenges due August 13

Host/Augment: Make a Legendary Aura/ it must be a callback to a previous card.

Castmire Worldbuilding challenge: Design one or more cards that are the "clues" from the previous week's challenge. (Here is the link for all those clues: Link)


Challenges due August 20

Host/Augment: An uncommon draft-around card exploring an "uncommon" theme/ not an enchantment or creature.

Castmire Worldbuilding challenge: Design a card for Castmire that is for two of the three psychographics.


Friday, August 3, 2018

Beacon of Creation Episode 33 Notes

Hey there Beaconeers! 

Challenges due August 6

Host/Augment: Design a card that mentions the term "commander"/must be colorless.

Castmire Worldbuilding challenge: Design any number of cards that are named for spooky mansion/ noir tropes. (eg: Bump in the Night, etc.)

Challenges due August 13

Host/Augment: Make a Legendary Aura/ it must be a callback to a previous card.

Castmire Worldbuilding challenge: Design one or more cards that are the "clues" from the previous week's challenge.

See y'all next time.

-Adam